Roy Face vs. Glenn Spencer — Career Comparison

Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Glenn Spencer
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Glenn Spencer built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Face as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Face posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.320 compared to 4.53 and 1.478 for Glenn Spencer. By the career numbers, Roy Face had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Face and Glenn Spencer

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
5.55
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
2.34
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.74
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.62
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.52
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.26
52.26
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.59
42.59
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.65
31.65
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.37
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
3.48
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.53
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1602
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
534
9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1347
8.82
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
588
9.91
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.92
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.62
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
2.37
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
3.39
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
877
5.74
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
2.73
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.901
0.901
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.21
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.19
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5691
37.25
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2358
39.74
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.93
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
3.87
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
5.61
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.478
1.478
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5315
34.79
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2146
36.17
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.74
39.74

Fielding Stats for Roy Face and Glenn Spencer

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
6.07
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3773
27
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1257.2
9
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.74
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.52
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
2.36
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
2.26
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.76
95.76
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.97
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.373
0.373
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.856
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Face and Glenn Spencer

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
853
2391.59
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
139
473.86
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
176
600
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
194
543.93
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
155
528.41
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
86.92
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
19
64.77
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
57.95
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.41
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.41
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.82
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.93
13.82
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.31
11.28
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
95.33
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
22
75
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
92.52
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
26
88.64
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.23
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
20.45
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.63
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.05
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.86
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
37.5
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
5.73
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-1.1
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
23.86
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
49
167.05
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
3.59
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.47
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
14
47.73
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.82
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA